Overview

The HIMSS11 Conference takes place the week of February 20th, and has an exhibit area dedicated to showcasing interoperability, including a general Interoperability Showcase generally tied to the IHE Connectathon, and an ONC/FHA area. Demonstrations of Direct Project specifications may be able to take place in either area. This page will collect all Direct Project intents to demonstrate, to communicate them both to HIMSS and ONC.
The Interoperability Showcase will feature leading organizations and vendors working in collaboration to Break the Barriers to Interoperable Healthcare. The cost for non-federal participants will be $5,200/kiosk.

To demonstrate the feasibility of utilizing the Direct Project constructs to enable secure messaging between a regional HIE (CareSpark) and a Federal agency (VA)

Female veterans receiving care within the VA are often referred to private-sector providers for periodic mammograms. This project will simulate an improved process for exchanging referrals and consultation reports between VA providers and those in the private sector by demonstrating the exchange of text-based mammography interpretation reports from a private-sector provider to the VA.

1. Referral using Care360 EHR from Dr. A to Dr. B who uses another EHR or e-mail client. Dr. B then opens the message and views the referral data.
2. Using Care360 EHR, Dr. A sends patient information to a patient at the conclusion of patient care.

Microsoft is supporting demonstration participants interested to show how information may be sent to patients using Direct Project messages. The HealthVault service will be available over the web so that Direct messages can be sent to conference attendees and received in HealthVault. The message flow will model the patient experience of receiving a message from their provider. Message attachments may be included – Microsoft has created a brochure about HealthVault and the Direct Project for this purpose (contact Tyler Blitz for a copy). For additional details about connecting with HealthVault, information is available in the Documentation Library.

Electronic Exchange of Clinical Information and Patient Summary Record

1. Beta 2/20
2. Production Q2 2011

Demonstrate the secure exchange of referrals from providers using the MEDfx LIFESCAPE Provider Portal to MedVirginia based Care Managers with a patient summary record to support the fulfillment of Stage 1 Meaningful Use criteria using the Direct Project Protocols for transport, integrated with the Verizon Certificate Authority and Provider Registry to define the circle of trust.